Emotional empowerment through information research and communication to reduce fear of COVID-19 among nursing students: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite an existing body of literature on anxiety reduction using multi-component methods, little is known about the effect of active student participation in research and communication of scientific information on anxiety and fear reduction. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of quality scientific information research and the production of informative videos on the preventive aspects of COVID-19 on fear and anxiety reduction.

Methods

A randomised controlled trial was conducted with 220 undergraduate nursing students in the first year of the nursing degree. The participating students were randomised into two groups. The experimental group carried out an intervention based on a database search for information on preventing COVID-19 and production of a

SUBMITTER: Mayor-Silva LI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10278329 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature